Exclusive Interview

Robin Nolen

Where did you grow up? I grew up in El Campo, Texas, a small town south of

Houston. One of my songs, Texas or Tennessee is about that town. I don’t get back

there too much but it holds wonderful memories. I moved away in 1996. Sweet town

where everyone knows everyone, the community always comes together.

At what age did you discover your songwriting skills?I began writing around the age of 9 years old. I still have my first notebook where my very first songs were written. Gosh, I’m glad I’m the only one who reads them. I had some major drama going on back then. lol.

What influenced you to get into music? I was adopted at birth and I had a lot of anger

when it came to my birth mother giving me up. I had a good life with my adoptive

parents and wouldn’t change that for anything, but I was still angry and felt unwanted

because I was given up for adoption. I put all those feelings into words. I wrote all the

time. When I was sad, upset, angry, happy, in love, you name it and I have written

about it. When I listen to a song for the first time I hear the lyrics first, not the melody.

I’m constantly asking friends and family, did you hear those lyrics, most of the time they

didn’t. They heard the melody. I tell stories. Some happy and some very painful, but

they are mine to tell. Writing has gotten me through some of the darkest times in my

life. Writing is my therapy.

Tell us about Peach Rose Music. Peach Rose Music came to life after my daughter,